Lighttpd

Apache+Subversion Recipe

This recipe shows how to setup an example subversion repository using Apache 2.2, mod_dav_svn, and lighttpd 1.4.11.

We will create a subversion repository hosted at the example address: `http://projects.example.com/svn/test/`.

Before you continue, make sure you have installed:

• [http://httpd.apache.org/ Apache] (running at port 8080)
• [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion] (including [http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn-book.html#svn.serverconfig.httpd mod_dav_svn])
• [http://www.lighttpd.net/ Lighttpd] 1.4.11
• An daemon system account with user and group id `svn`

=== Create test repository ===

Create the subversion repository, and set its owner and group to `svn`:

{{{
mkdir -pm700 /var/svn/projects.example.com
svnadmin create /var/svn/projects.example.com/test
chown -R svn:svn /var/svn/projects.example.com
}}}

=== Setup Apache ===

Create the directory for the `projects.example.com` domain public files:

{{{
mkdir -p /var/www/projects.example.com/httpdocs
}}}

Setup a virtual host inside `httpd.conf`:

{{{
<VirtualHost *:8080>
ServerName projects.example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/projects.example.com/httpdocs

<Location /svn/test>
        DAV svn
        SVNPath /var/svn/projects.example.com/test
        AuthType Basic
        AuthName "Test Subversion repository" 
        AuthUserFile /var/svn/projects.example.com/test/conf/users
        Require valid-user
    </Location>
</VirtualHost>
}}}

Create a users database for the `example` user:

{{{
htpasswd -cm /var/svn/projects.example.com/test/conf/users example
}}}

For more information, see the [http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ Version Control with Subversion] book chapter [http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn-book.html#svn.serverconfig.httpd httpd, the Apache HTTP server].

=== Setup Lighttpd ===

Setup Lighttpd to use [http://lighttpd.net/documentation/proxy.html mod_proxy] to proxy requests to Apache at port 8080:

{{{
$HTTP["host"] == "projects.example.com" {
server.document-root = "/var/www/projects.example.com/httpdocs"
proxy.server = (
"/svn/test" => (("host" => "127.0.0.1", "port" => 8080))
)
}
}}}

=== Test the setup ===

Restart Apache and Lighttpd.

Checkout the test repository, and commit some stuff:

{{{
svn checkout --username example http://projects.example.com/svn/test
cd test
svn mkdir testbranches tags trunk
svn commit
}}}

And you should be up and running!

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